Departmental Legal Costs

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the  (a) cost and  (b) purpose was of legal (i) representation and (ii) advice sought by his Department and its agencies in each year since May 1997.

Si�n Simon: The overall legal costs incurred by the Department and its Agency, The Royal Parks, from 2005-06 to 2008-09 are set out in the table.
	Information relating to prior years can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Legal advice is provided by the Treasury Solicitor's Department and, where required, by counsel and private sector legal firms. The purpose of the advice is to support the whole range of the Department's activities, including policy making, the drafting of statutory instruments and the preparation of Bills.
	
		
			  Financial year  Legal expenditure () 
			 2008-09 2,724,750 
			 2007-08 2,873,160 
			 2006-07 3,190,360 
			 2005-06 2,454,740

Departmental Official Cars

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of providing official cars for the use of  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials in the last 12 months.

Si�n Simon: The cost of providing official cars for the use of Ministers in 2008-09 was 276,668. No departmental official was provided with an official car.

Armed Forces: Cadets

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  how much funding is required for cadet instructors to resume training;
	(2)  what remuneration cadet instructors will receive in 2009-10; and from what budget such remuneration will be drawn.

Kevan Jones: We fully recognise the contribution that the cadets make to the long-term future of the Army and to society in general. But tough choices have to be made. Our focus is on Afghanistan and the cadets do not contribute directly to that main effort. We have therefore taken the very difficult decision to reduce the amount of money available to the Army Cadet Force for the remainder of the year. This means that instructors will receive no further payments for weekend Cadet training, although we will continue to meet enabling costs such as travel where we can. We will also continue to provide training courses at the Cadet Training Centre and at Brigade level for adult instructors, as it is essential that we maintain that core of skill and expertise. Instructors are not paid for evening training activity, so this is continuing as normal. The reduction in activity is saving a total of 4 million. By the end of 2009-10 Army cadet instructors will have received some 13 million from the Army budget.
	We acknowledge the huge level of commitment and enthusiasm within the Army Cadet Force, and among the volunteer adult instructors in particular.

Departmental Assets

Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assets of his Department are planned to be sold in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14; what the  (a) description and  (b) book value of each such asset is; what the expected revenue from each such sale is; and if he will make a statement.

Kevan Jones: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) keeps its estate under constant review to meet present and planned future requirements, with a view to disposing of surplus assets as quickly as possible. A list of the sites comprising the present and potential future programme is available in the Library of the House.
	Details of all MOD holdings over 1 million, including sites in disposal, together with their latest asset valuations can be found in Chapter Seven of the National Asset Register, on HM Treasury's website:
	www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
	Details of all property below 1 million in value could be provided only with disproportionate cost.
	Receipts from individual sales depend on market conditions at the time of sale and other factors. Where pre-sale valuations have been obtained, then release ahead of the sale, could, in any case, influence the market and are thus regarded as commercially confidential.

Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much had been spent on the submarine dismantling project on the latest date for which figures are available.

Quentin Davies: Up to and including 31 March 2009, the latest date for which figures are available, spending on the Submarine Dismantling Project had been 3.15 million, excluding staff costs.
	At this time the project was still known as the ISOLUS (Interim Storage of Laid-Up Submarines) project.

Departmental Official Cars

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of providing official cars for the use of  (a) Ministers and  (b) officials in the last 12-months.

Chris Bryant: I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Gillingham (Paul Clark), on 16 July 2009,  Official Report, column 80WS.

Sri Lanka: Internally Displaced Persons

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what reports he has received of sexual and gender-based violence against Tamil women in the camps of northern Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Foster: It is very difficult to verify reports or allegations of sexual and gender based violence in the camps in Sri Lanka. This is because access for humanitarian agencies, particularly those who work on protection activities, has been extremely restricted. We continue to press the Government of Sri Lanka to allow humanitarian agencies access to the camps to assess allegations of abuses such as sexual and gender-based violence.
	The UK Government have consistently advocated for the treatment of all internally displaced persons (IDPs) held in camps in Sri Lanka to be in accordance with international standards.
	The most effective way to ensure the safety of women displaced by the conflict is to restore freedom of movement to the IDP population so vulnerable people can be reunited with their families and communities.

Departmental Hotels

Oliver Heald: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what expenditure the Government Equalities Office incurred on hotel accommodation in 2008-09.

Michael Jabez Foster: In 2008-09 the Government Equalities Office spent 8,234 on hotel accommodation.

Departmental Pay

Vincent Cable: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many staff in the Government Equalities Office received bonus payments in 2008-09; what proportion of the total workforce they represented; what the total amount of bonuses paid was; what the largest single payment was; and if she will make a statement.

Michael Jabez Foster: In 2008-09 the Government Equalities Office awarded 19 bonuses to its staff at a total cost of 28,400. The 19 staff represented 19 per cent. of the total work force. The highest individual bonus awarded was 10,500.

Departmental Training

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what training sessions were attended by  (a) Ministers and  (b) special advisers in the Government Equality Office at public expense in each of the last three years.

Michael Jabez Foster: Since it's creation on the 12 October 2007 the Government Equalities Office has not funded any training sessions for its Ministers or special advisers.

A5: M1

Andrew Selous: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the costs  (a) to date and  (b) by the end of the 2009-10 financial year of preparing the A5-M1 link.

Chris Mole: holding answer 23 November 2009
	The total cost at the end of October 2009 of preparing the A5-M1 Link scheme is 11.8 million. The estimated total costs by the end of the 2009-10 financial year is 12.8 million.

Departmental Pay

John McDonnell: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the  (a) average and  (b) highest non-consolidated performance related payment was in cash terms for senior civil servants in his Department in each of the last five years.

Chris Mole: holding answer 23 November 2009
	The  (a) average and  (b) highest non-consolidated performance related payment in cash terms for senior civil servants in the Department for Transport in each of the last five years is set out in the following table:
	
		
			   
			   Average non-consolidated performance related payment  Highest non-consolidated performance related payment 
			 2009 6,359 12,500 
			 2008 7,001 22,000 
			 2007 5,749 20,000 
			 2006 4,975 12,500 
			 2005 3,565 17,000

Electric Vehicles: Milton Keynes

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of electric vehicles in Milton Keynes.

Sadiq Khan: The Government have allocated over 400 million to deliver policies aiming to place the UK at the global forefront of ultra-low carbon vehicle development, demonstration, manufacture and use. These policies would all be applicable to encouraging the use of electric vehicles in Milton Keynes.
	Some measures are available nationally, such as 230 million to provide consumer support worth in the region of 2,000 to 5,000 per car to be used between 2011 and 2014.
	Other measures have a regional focus. For example on 19 November, the Government launched the Plugged-in Places infrastructure framework, providing up to 30 million to support the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in around three to six lead cities and regions across the UK. The aim of this scheme is for consortia to come forward with plans for roll outs of the electric vehicle infrastructure in their region.

Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation: Finance

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to the answer of 5 November 2009,  Official Report, column 1103W, on the Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation: finance, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on  (a) pilots,  (b) design studies,  (c) development,  (d) consultants and  (e) equipment relating to the Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation in each of the last 10 years.

Sadiq Khan: The table sets out payments made directly to ITSO Ltd. (and its predecessor, the Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation) in the last 10 years, broken down into development and consultancy. Please note the membership fees are included in the development figures:
	No funding for pilot schemes has been paid directly to ITSO Ltd. However, the Department for Transport has made payments to public authorities to support pilots and in some cases the transition of legacy schemes to ITSO compliance.
	The Department has not fund design studies for ITSO.
	The Department has not directly funded equipment purchase for ITSO Ltd. However, some public authority schemes will have used DFT funding to purchase equipment for their schemes, for example smartcard readers.
	
		
			   
			   Development  Consultants  Total spend exc. VAT 
			 1999-2000 104,000 0 104,000 
			 2000-01 25,000 0 25,000 
			 2001-02 20,000 0 20,000 
			 2002-03 1,058,000 46,647 1,104,647 
			 2003-04 2,690,180 47,704 2,732,884 
			 2004-05 311,275 34,481 345,756 
			 2005-06 485,256 44,691 529,947 
			 2006-07 223,176 4,982 228,158 
			 2007-08 760,700 9,184 769,884 
			 2008-09 130,000 650 130,650

Railways: Finance

Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department has spent on  (a) consultancy fees and  (b) other aspects of the Intercity Express programme to date.

Chris Mole: From 2005 to October 2009, the Department for Transport has spent 21 million on the Intercity Express Programme. This resource has included financial, procurement, programme management, technical, legal, industry, business case and other specialist advice required to ensure the successful delivery of a project of the scale of the Intercity Express Programme. This figure should be considered in the context of the Intercity Express Programme contract value of 7.5 billion.

Rolling Stock

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he expects to issue the rolling stock statement which the Secretary of State indicated in July would be published in the Autumn of this year; and whether this statement will cover both the Intercity Express programme and the 1,300 extra carriages referred to in the Government's Rail White Paper of July 2007.

Chris Mole: holding answer 23 November 2009
	 As set out in my answer to the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) of 26 October 2009,  Official Report, columns 12-13W, on 23 July the Government announced the electrification of the Great Western Main Line between London and Swansea, and the line between Liverpool and Manchester via Newton-le-Willows. This electrification programme radically affects the requirements for rolling stock over the next decade. We will publish an updated rolling stock plan, taking account of these changes and setting out a revised strategy in the autumn.
	This will happen in due course and will set out the Government's strategy in relation to rolling stock provision.

Rolling Stock: Procurement

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 26 October 2009,  Official Report, column 12W, on rolling stock: procurement, by what date he expects to publish the updated rolling stock plan.

Chris Mole: As set out in my answer to the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker) of 26 October 2009,  Official Report, columns 12-13W, on 23 July the Government announced the electrification of the Great Western Main Line between London and Swansea, and the line between Liverpool and Manchester via Newton-le-Willows. This electrification programme radically affects the requirements for rolling stock over the next decade. We will publish an updated rolling stock plan, taking account of these changes and setting out a revised strategy in the autumn.
	This will happen in due course.

Homes and Communities Agency

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Homes and Communities Agency has spent on its National Consultancy Unit since the establishment of that unit.

John Healey: Since the National Consultancy Unit's establishment in 1 April 2004, staff costs (salaries) are estimated as 10,062,940.

Homes and Communities Agency

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  how much the Homes and Communities Agency has spent on providing  (a) signage and  (b) security for the site at (i) St Clements Hospital, London and (ii) Castle College Northside, Sheffied;
	(2)  how much the Homes and Communities Agency spent in acquiring  (a) St. Clement's Hospital, London and  (b) Castle College Northside, Sheffield; and if he will make a statement.

John Healey: St Clements Hospital, London was purchased for 7 million on 11 June 2008. Since purchasing St. Clement's Hospital, the Homes and Communities Agency has spent:
	255,323 on security up to and including 31 October 2009; and
	504 on safety and warning signage.
	Castle College Northside, Sheffield was purchased for 5 million on 16 July 2008.
	The Homes and Communities Agency has not spent anything on signage or security on Castle College as the college are occupying the site until 2010.

Departmental Travel

Ian Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what contracts his Department has with private hire taxi companies; and what expenditure his Department has incurred against each such contract in each of the last three years.

Barbara Follett: The Department has spent the following amounts through formal and informal contracts with taxi companies over the last three fiscal years.
	
		
			 
			  2006 A1 Taxi Safe 1,333 
			  Balmoral Transport Services Ltd. 8,516 
			  Dial a Cab 15,700 
			  Radio Taxis 5,997 
			  Taxifast 1,210 
			 Total  32,757 
			
			  2007 A1 Taxi Safe 833 
			  Balmoral Transport Services Ltd. 2,755 
			  Dial a Cab 4,885 
			  Knight and Day Taxis Com 156 
			  Radio Taxis 2,730 
			  Taxifast 202 
			 Total  11,560 
			
			  2008 A1 Taxi Safe 144 
			  Balmoral Transport Services Ltd. 8,417 
			  Crownhill Taxi Services Ltd. 490 
			  Dial a Cab 2,793 
			  Radio Taxis 59 
			 Total  11,903 
		
	
	Staff will also pay taxi fares themselves in the course of official business and claim the costs back through the TS system, figures from this show the following expenditure over the last three years:
	
		
			
			 2006-07 121,588 
			 2007-08 111,056 
			 2008-09 55,736

Homes and Communities Agency

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 5 November 2009,  Official Report, column 1124W, on the Homes and Communities Agency: consultants, how much the Homes and Communities Academy spent on  (a) the National and Regional Delivery Structure project,  (b) the Brownfield Skills project,  (c) the Endorsement Framework project,  (d) the Benchmark and Toolkit project,  (e) the Practical Knowledge to Support delivery project and  (f) the programme staff costs project; and how much of each sum was spent on consultancy costs.

John Healey: The HCA Academy's project and consultancy spend on the projects listed above are as follows:
	
		
			  000 
			  Workstream  Total spend  Consultancy spend 
			 National and Regional Delivery Structure 30 30 
			 Brownfield Skills 21 20 
			 Endorsement Framework 46 46 
			 Benchmark and Tool Kit 113 98 
			 Practical knowledge to support delivery 127 100 
			 Programme staff costs 261 0 
		
	
	The spend on programme staff costs include staff salaries, expenses and costs for staff seconded in from other organisations.

Homes and Communities Agency

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role the Homes and Communities Agency has had in the delivery of  (a) the Mortgage Rescue scheme and  (b) the National Clearing House.

John Healey: Since the Mortgage Rescue scheme's inception, the HCA has worked with the Government to ensure support is available for the most vulnerable households to avoid repossession and remain in their home by taking a lead role in working with and monitoring the performance of those RSLs delivering the scheme.
	In May 2008, the Government announced a plan to take advantage of market opportunities to bring private sector developer stock into the affordable housing sector by earmarking 200 million of funding through the Housing Corporation (the Homes and Communities Agency's predecessor) National Affordable Housing programme (NAHP) budget for the purchase of homes from house builders.
	To help facilitate the scheme, the Corporation set up the National Clearing House to streamline initial assessment of national packages of at least 250 units from private sector house builders. The Housing Corporation's Investment partners, mainly Registered Social Landlords, wishing to buy smaller numbers of units from developers could bid for funding directly to the Corporation in the normal way.

Homes and Communities Agency

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for how much the Homes and Communities Agency's land at the Gateway site in Harlow was  (a) purchased and  (b) sold.

John Healey: The Harlow Gateway housing site was not purchased by the Homes and Communities Agency, as the freehold was transferred to the agency from a predecessor body. The HCA secured a receipt of 33.5 million for the land.

Homes and Communities Agency

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Homes and Communities Agency has spent under each budget category in exhibiting a show garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

John Healey: The Homes and Communities Agency provided 150,000 capital funding under the Places of Change programme towards the 'Key Garden' at the Chelsea Flower Show 2009. The garden was developed by over 200 homeless people from 25 homelessness services and prisons nationwide, in partnership with the Eden Project.

Homes and Communities Agency

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many private finance initiative credits the Homes and Communities Agency and its predecessor allocated in each of the last three years.

John Healey: It is convention to record PFI credits in the financial year in which contracts are signed. Since the creation of the Homes and Communities Agency, PFI credits for housing projects have continued to be issued by this Department.
	Housing PFI credits issued in each of the last financial years have been:
	
		
			million 
			 2009-10 (to date) 0 
			 2008-09 137.9 
			 2007-08 283.4

Homes and Communities Agency: Manpower

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff the Homes and Communities Agency has had on secondment since its establishment; from which organisations the employees were seconded; and what the cost of each secondment has been.

John Healey: There are approximately 50 secondees currently working in the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), most of them from Communities and Local Government. The overall cost of HCA posts filled by secondees rather than direct HCA employees since 1 December 2008 is approximately 2.3 million. Information on the cost of each secondment is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Homes and Communities Agency: Marketing

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the  (a) Homes and Communities Agency and  (b) Tenant Services Authority has spent on signage since each was established.

John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 2 April 2009,  Official Report, column 1501-02W by my right hon. Friend the Member for Derby South (Margaret Beckett). Since then the Homes and Communities Agency has spent an additional 34,000 and the TSA an additional 200 on signage.

Furs: Imports

Colin Breed: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value was in sterling of fur pelts imported into the UK from China in each year since 1999.

Ian Lucas: The data in the following table show the value of imports from China recorded in the Overseas Trade Statistics for raw, tanned or dressed furskins (Harmonized System codes 4301 and 4302):
	
		
			   million 
			   Lamb and sheep  Other  Total 
			 1999 0.4 1.6 2.0 
			 2000 0.7 3.2 3.9 
			 2001 0.4 2.4 2.8 
			 2002 1.2 1.7 2.9 
			 2003 1.1 1.2 2.3 
			 2004 0.8 1.8 2.6 
			 2005 0.5 2.3 2.9 
			 2006 1.0 2.6 3.6 
			 2007 2.9 1.4 4.3 
			 2008 2.0 1.2 3.2

Students: Loans

Lindsay Hoyle: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the merits of increasing the salary threshold at which people are required to make payments towards their student loans.

David Lammy: The repayment threshold is currently 15,000. The threshold is agreed between my Department and the Devolved Administrations. Early this year, the decision to raise the threshold from April 2010 by inflation was cancelled because the relevant RPI rate was negative, meaning the threshold would have been reduced and borrowers would have had to pay more. Instead the threshold was frozen at 15,000 for a further 12 months. We will be considering the threshold for April 2011 early in the new year.

Carbon Emissions: Buildings

Mark Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what financial assistance his Department makes available to low-carbon building projects to help to improve their energy efficiency in  (a) Milton Keynes and  (b) England.

Joan Ruddock: Through Budget 2009, Government made available 25 million for community heating infrastructure in the UK. Of this, 20.96 million was made available for schemes in England (and is being administered by the Homes and Communities Agency on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government). Through this fund we have allocated 1.5 million to provide Milton Keynes with a new biomethane plant which, along with the city's planned anaerobic digestion plant, will power households with green energy by injecting biomethane gas into the regional gas network.
	Support for low carbon building projects is also provided through the work of the Research Councils and the Technology Strategy Board, funded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. The Technology Strategy Board has a significant programme of work relevant to this area under its Low Impact Buildings Innovation Platform.
	In addition, my Department's policies also provide significant funding to support the retrofit of energy efficiency measures in existing homes, through programmes such as the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (3.2 billion over 2008-11), Warm Front (950 million over 2008-11), and the Community Energy Saving Programme (350 million over 2009-12). In the Low Carbon Transition Plan we committed to continuing the CERT programme for at least a further 21 months potentially driving a further 1.9 billion of investment before the end of 2012.

Community Energy Savings Programme

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department plans to spend on the Community Energy Savings Programme in  (a) 2009-10,  (b) 2010-11,  (c) 2011-12,  (d) 2012-13 and  (e) 2013-14; and what estimate he has made of the (i) proportion of such expenditure to be incurred in England, (ii) the carbon savings to be achieved, (iii) the number of properties affected and (iv) the number of jobs created from such expenditure in each year.

Joan Ruddock: holding answer 23 November 2009
	The Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP) is funded by an obligation on energy suppliers and generators. They are expected to install around 350 million worth of energy efficiency measures across GB in the CESP obligation period, from 1 September 2009 to December 2012. DECC does not fund the programme.
	There are around 4,500 eligible CESP areas across GB, 3248 are in England. Within this constraint energy companies, working with local authorities and community groups, are free to choose where they deliver CESP. The programme is expected to deliver up to 100 projects across GB, benefiting c90,000 households and saving 2.9mtCO2 over the lifetime of the programme.
	Given CESP's focus on delivering energy efficiency measures to hundreds of households in each particular area targeted we expect this to create business and employment opportunities. For example, the energy companies are currently assessing their options for delivering CESP including in the first instance recruiting staff where necessary and reviewing their supply chains to deliver the significant number of energy efficiency measures expected under CESP.

Renewable Energy

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been spent on the renewable energy sector in each of the last five years; what the purpose is of the 18 million additional funding for the UK clean energy sector available via the Carbon Trust; and how many green start-up renewable energy companies  (a) have had and  (b) will receive such funding from the Carbon Trust.

Joan Ruddock: According to recent research published by the Carbon Trust building on research by New Energy Finance, total UK venture capital clean energy(1) investment (including renewables) between 2003 and 2008 was:
	(1) We do not hold independent data for overall renewable technology investment separate from clean energy.
	
		
			million 
			 2003 131 
			 2004 123 
			 2005 182 
			 2006 167 
			 2007 269 
			 2008 83 
		
	
	The purpose of the up to 18 million additional venture capital investment available via the Carbon Trust is to meet the current market failure in the provision of private sector venture capital investment for early stage low carbon companies.
	Since the Carbon Trust was set up, it has provided funding to 17 green start-up energy companies investing over 13.5m. This funding has also helped these businesses to leverage over 117 million of private sector investment.
	No investments have yet been made from the 18 million additional funding but four companies are in due diligence and a further 10 are under active consideration.

Office for Criminal Justice Reform: Finance

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the budget of the Office for Criminal Justice Reform was in each year since it was created; and what its budget is expected to be in each of the next five years.

Claire Ward: The annual budget for the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR) for the last five years was provided in an answer to the hon. Member for Harborough (Mr. Garnier) on 30 March 2009,  Official Report, columns 999 and 1000W.
	OCJR's budget for 2009-10 is 129.1 million resource and 20.5 million capital. The budget for 2010-11 has yet to be finalised and budgets from 2011-12 will be determined in the next spending review.

Young People: Finance

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding has been received by each youth offending team in each of the last three years; how much such funding each such team will receive in the next three years; and what formula is used to calculate allocations to such teams.

Maria Eagle: Youth offending teams (YOTs) receive funding from a number of sources. The table shows financial contributions made to YOTs via the Youth Justice Board and other Government sources (including police, probation, social services and via local authorities) by financial year:
	The Youth Justice Board funding is divided between Wales and England in the ratio 5 to 85. The YJB grant funding for England is allocated to individual YOTs according to the prescribed formula, in which 40 per cent. weighting is given to the local 10-17 population, 10 per cent. to the geographical size of the area, and 50 per cent. in aggregate to 'Deprivation Indices'-Local Concentration, Extent (the proportion of a YOT's population living in the wards which rank within the most deprived 10 per cent. of wards in the country), income deprivement, employment deprivement, average of ward ranks, average of ward scores.
	These indices are compiled by Communities and Local Government and full details are available on their website at;
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdr7131206.pdf
	The YJB grant funding for YOTs in Wales is allocated on the same basis with slight variations on the main formula.
	Additional Government funds, as reported to the YJB by YOTs, are allocated at individual local area level and the YJB has no information on how these funds are allocated
	The full set of data returns from youth offending teams are yet to be submitted for 2009-10, therefore figures cannot be made available at this time. Final allocations for 2010-11 and 2011-12 will be allocated at the beginning of the respective financial year. Allocations will use the current formula outlined above.
	The data contained in this answer are supplied by the YJB and comprise data supplied from youth offending teams in England and Wales via monthly or quarterly returns to the YJB. As with any large scale recording system, the data are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and may be subject to change over time.
	
		
			   
			   Total  YJB  Additional government funding 
			  YOT  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09  2006-07( 1)  2007-08( 1)  2008-09 
			 Barking and Dagenham 1,864,512 2,034,248 2,416,377 629,995 711,731 728,377 1,234,517 1,322,517 1,688,000 
			 Barnet 902,614 999,654 1,072,586 310,030 351,198 451,516 592,584 648,456 621,070 
			 Barnsley 1,478,699 1,574,873 1,932,637 506,854 573,943 787,447 971,845 1,000,930 1,145,190 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 639,714 662,964 821,763 196,013 234,639 278,827 443,701 428,325 542,936 
			 Bedfordshire 2,058,635 2,259,193 2,293,606 531,546 566,479 607,350 1,527,089 1,692,714 1,686,256 
			 Bexley 887,371 921,885 992,142 246,321 286,493 314,607 641,050 635,392 677,535 
			 Birmingham 9,224,489 9,485,873 10,034,391 3,131,725 3,281,517 3,755,001 6,092,764 6,204,356 6,279,390 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 1,859,352 1,630,567 1,976,656 610,331 634,407 835,571 1,249,021 996,160 1,141,085 
			 Blackpool 1,427,385 1,429,786 1,565,250 484,812 543,875 623,187 942,573 885,910 942,063 
			 Blaenau, Gwent and Caerphilly 1,916,543 2,040,336 2,349,211 887,336 982,156 1,083,093 1,029,207 1,058,180 1,266,118 
			 Bolton 1,461,625 1,482,333 1,575,845 646,419 723,260 816,360 815,206 759,073 759,485 
			 Bournemouth and Poole 1,251,397 1,181,506 1,244,565 470,265 361,444 410,463 781,132 820,062 834,102 
			 Bracknell Forest 587,378 645,199 682,184 129,120 150,659 166,925 458,258 494,540 515,259 
			 Bradford 3,442,491 3,440,127 3,991,440 1,526,268 1,659,138 1,915,964 1,916,223 1,780,989 2,075,476 
			 Brent 1,531,258 1,920,952 1,858,132 496,174 818,674 870,683 1,035,084 1,102,278 987,449 
			 Bridgend 781,237 824,548 906,124 205,659 215,963 220,738 575,578 608,585 685,386 
			 Brighton and Hove 1,092,925 1,258,661 1,372,910 238,768 291,463 412,198 854,157 967,198 960,712 
			 Bristol 2,970,490 3,110,839 3,314,888 1,029,955 1,063,683 1,228,533 1,940,535 2,047,156 2,086,355 
			 Bromley 822,688 1,189,830 1,563,759 277,409 318,683 358,965 545,279 871,147 1,204,794 
			 Buckinghamshire 1,854,962 1,896,197 2,107,616 672,723 668,513 728,605 1,182,239 1,227,684 1,379,011 
			 Bury 1,784,640 1,913,738 1,381,533 784,227 835,510 409,457 1,000,413 1,078,228 972,076 
			 Calderdale 1,794,751 1,777,023 1,879,800 808,430 699,650 858,780 986,321 1,077,373 1,021,020 
			 Cambridgeshire 1,832,854 1,951,115 1,933,562 893,108 902,035 1,005,475 939,746 1,049,080 928,087 
			 Camden 2,536,399 2,754,176 2,602,427 1,090,385 1,181,090 1,271,882 1,446,014 1,573,086 1,330,545 
			 Cardiff 2,025,414 2,461,353 2,814,433 568,064 955,480 1,062,583 1,457,350 1,505,873 1,751,850 
			 Carmarthenshire 1,151,965 1,124,717 1,382,055 450,247 385,855 395,108 701,718 738,862 986,947 
			 Ceredigion 553,132 599,176 747,317 201,279 206,249 199,464 351,853 392,927 547,853 
			 Cheshire 2,254,651 2,458,230 2,568,442 644,472 753,359 823,498 1,610,179 1,704,871 1,744,944 
			 Conwy and Denbighshire 1,129,085 1,028,792 1,076,726 412,148 330,792 390,726 716,937 698,000 686,000 
			 Cornwall 1,870,500 2,021,943 2,145,114 759,619 875,383 974,145 1,110,881 1,146,560 1,170,969 
			 Coventry 2,658,474 2,583,743 2,847,999 866,519 925,735 1,009,415 1,791,955 1,658,008 1,838,584 
			 Croydon 2,786,038 2,756,545 2,945,833 1,165,538 1,204,885 1,299,333 1,620,500 1,551,660 1,646,500 
			 Cumbria 2,387,172 2,580,113 2,761,464 1,028,223 1,192,342 1,254,999 1,358,949 1,387,771 1,506,465 
			 Darlington 937,562 974,988 1,023,681 275,075 282,170 308,948 662,487 692,818 714,733 
			 Derby 2,089,814 2,187,210 2,248,864 763,335 818,320 910,120 1,326,479 1,368,890 1,338,744 
			 Derbyshire 2,408,224 2,646,724 3,070,595 768,234 883,962 981,634 1,639,990 1,762,762 2,088,961 
			 Devon 2,684,288 3,121,356 3,183,190 1,000,688 1,170,746 1,287,421 1,683,600 1,950,610 1,895,769 
			 Doncaster 2,076,931 2,183,626 2,507,461 748,663 814,861 1,128,473 1,328,268 1,368,765 1,378,988 
			 Dorset 1,378,137 1,570,619 1,690,021 545,802 673,087 744,280 832,335 897,532 945,741 
			 Dudley 2,125,460 2,323,492 2,452,252 1,117,686 1,189,645 1,241,248 1,007,774 1,133,647 1,211,004 
			 Durham 3,831,998 3,980,139 4,156,517 1,015,571 1,120,518 1,190,983 2,816,427 2,859,621 2,965,534 
			 Ealing 2,257,307 1,981,743 1,863,359 1,339,527 685,349 762,121 917,780 1,296,394 1,101,238 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 1,090,861 1,212,664 1,297,022 488,133 562,957 613,135 602,728 649,707 683,887 
			 East Sussex 1,820,513 2,099,540 2,263,041 663,772 773,899 840,160 1,156,741 1,325,641 1,422,881 
			 Enfield 1,544,651 2,015,506 1,923,573 491,155 405,944 448,509 1,053,496 1,609,562 1,475,064 
			 Essex 4,022,627 4,156,126 4,343,840 1,426,627 1,633,126 1,772,840 2,596,000 2,523,000 2,571,000 
			 Flintshire 847,579 1,124,875 1,354,398 371,203 594,180 580,144 476,376 530,695 774,254 
			 Gateshead 1,162,906 1,225,557 2,076,698 374,906 434,557 511,702 786,000 791,000 1,564,996 
			 Gloucestershire 3,004,674 3,135,402 3,477,297 754,581 840,772 884,053 2,250,093 2,294,630 2,593,244 
			 Greenwich 1,817,550 2,310,485 1,482,509 1,181,438 1,340,259 595,046 636,112 970,226 887,463 
			 Gwynedd Mon 968,418 1,188,972 1,249,465 376,588 510,692 498,215 591,830 678,280 751,250 
			 Hackney 3,298,746 3,756,702 3,352,122 872,902 788,593 864,389 2,425,844 2,968,109 2,487,733 
			 Halton and Warrington 1,424,752 1,867,972 1,837,589 704,784 818,418 867,832 719,968 1,049,554 969,757 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,636,021 1,757,262 1,671,817 769,913 814,523 846,322 866,108 942,739 825,495 
			 Haringey 2,566,076 3,002,639 2,457,459 1,140,816 1,165,708 1,250,079 1,425,260 1,836,931 1,207,380 
			 Harrow 910,913 1,193,041 1,361,831 230,423 525,825 632,381 680,490 667,216 729,450 
			 Hartlepool 1,292,825 1,405,210 1,474,033 450,991 496,992 543,540 841,834 908,218 930,493 
			 Havering 1,010,340 1,009,450 1,116,003 355,841 395,808 425,904 654,499 613,642 690,099 
			 Hertfordshire 3,792,402 3,936,853 4,158,573 1,075,804 1,149,583 1,240,253 2,716,598 2,787,270 2,918,320 
			 Hillingdon 1,347,589 1,428,823 1,504,057 278,911 306,415 351,275 1,068,678 1,122,408 1,152,782 
			 Hounslow 1,279,268 1,530,175 1,728,616 350,238 624,434 773,491 929,030 905,741 955,125 
			 Islington 1,498,506 1,644,247 1,708,383 568,671 650,522 799,638 929,835 993,725 908,745 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 1,351,910 1,567,696 1,508,106 536,899 578,616 488,789 815,011 989,080 1,019,317 
			 Kent 6,846,151 7,679,376 7,669,959 1,798,427 1,995,435 2,136,752 5,047,724 5,683,941 5,533,207 
			 Kingston-upon-Hull 2,206,528 2,390,299 2,501,233 969,910 1,024,888 1,038,733 1,236,618 1,365,411 1,462,500 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 815,984 859,376 993,374 152,484 172,676 199,574 663,500 686,700 793,800 
			 Kirklees 2,694,618 2,977,398 3,120,354 605,647 919,443 1,139,070 2,088,971 2,057,955 1,981,284 
			 Knowsley 2,061,081 1,765,141 1,976,253 833,232 620,267 693,427 1,227,849 1,144,874 1,282,826 
			 Lambeth 2,943,593 2,822,857 3,207,021 776,775 932,812 1,231,779 2,166,818 1,890,045 1,975,242 
			 Lancashire 5,172,766 5,522,706 5,675,691 1,935,266 2,212,406 2,281,082 3,237,500 3,310,300 3,394,609 
			 Leeds 6,362,314 6,754,804 7,085,133 2,436,454 2,517,151 2,459,318 3,925,860 4,237,653 4,625,815 
			 Leicester City 3,600,679 3,782,109 3,869,922 1,151,779 1,288,269 1,433,022 2,448,900 2,493,840 2,436,900 
			 Leicestershire 2,229,654 2,579,780 2,705,272 633,234 676,600 730,197 1,596,420 1,903,180 1,975,075 
			 Lewisham 1,992,119 2,293,805 3,376,436 549,536 624,011 1,660,429 1,442,583 1,669,794 1,716,007 
			 Lincolnshire 3,010,301 3,365,813 3,289,713 1,098,043 1,215,488 1,317,254 1,912,258 2,150,325 1,972,459 
			 Liverpool 4,742,310 5,145,453 5,404,968 1,975,590 2,133,434 2,280,400 2,766,720 3,012,019 3,124,568 
			 Luton 1,931,358 1,969,154 1,993,004 714,267 645,489 729,971 1,217,091 1,323,665 1,263,033 
			 Manchester 5,115,499 4,920,985 5,210,028 2,268,438 2,115,102 2,316,776 2,847,061 2,805,883 2,893,252 
			 Medway 1,006,352 1,082,428 1,175,072 310,943 385,260 475,387 695,409 697,168 699,685 
			 Merthyr Tydfil 685,324 679,962 638,200 259,503 241,258 225,242 425,821 438,704 412,958 
			 Merton 720,794 792,337 818,509 196,592 230,135 251,058 524,202 562,202 567,451 
			 Milton Keynes 1,423,692 1,361,331 1,487,737 428,637 445,193 480,960 995,055 916,138 1,006,777 
			 Monmouthshire and Torfaen 1,193,948 1,261,781 1,296,695 262,025 293,522 287,326 931,923 968,259 1,009,369 
			 Neath Port Talbot 2,344,121 1,568,532 1,718,232 1,623,536 798,187 819,781 720,585 770,345 898,451 
			 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,414,803 2,717,704 3,079,940 1,287,378 1,390,334 1,529,091 1,127,425 1,327,370 1,550,849 
			 Newham(1) 3,028,204 4,959,721 3,482,334 1,557,139 1,573,546 1,587,134 1,471,065 3,386,175 1,895,200 
			 Newport 1,028,332 1,148,817 1,314,650 315,266 375,701 366,711 713,066 773,116 947,939 
			 Norfolk 3,668,154 4,096,742 3,516,482 1,050,199 1,212,056 1,320,925 2,617,955 2,884,686 2,195,557 
			 North East Lincolnshire 1,013,614 1,341,174 1,644,874 482,748 539,108 660,299 530,866 802,066 984,575 
			 North Lincolnshire 1,293,440 1,318,798 1,250,116 733,073 713,815 644,116 560,367 604,983 606,000 
			 North Somerset 657,176 727,793 1,082,568 233,226 276,789 332,184 423,950 451,004 750,384 
			 North Tyneside 1,238,810 1,181,188 1,158,006 461,139 371,178 438,438 777,671 810,010 719,568 
			 North Yorkshire 2,428,033 2,809,317 3,213,336 1,324,269 1,407,174 1,537,104 1,103,764 1,402,143 1,676,232 
			 Northamptonshire 3,446,717 3,605,073 3,796,501 960,777 971,083 1,000,631 2,485,940 2,633,990 2,795,870 
			 Northumberland 1,914,385 2,088,491 2,199,627 598,608 678,246 767,972 1,315,777 1,410,245 1,431,655 
			 Nottingham 3,027,011 3,173,817 3,503,957 1,354,709 1,437,330 1,564,137 1,672,302 1,736,487 1,939,820 
			 Nottinghamshire 3,955,855 4,179,634 4,243,213 1,522,157 1,688,264 1,791,385 2,433,698 2,491,370 2,451,828 
			 Oldham 2,567,948 1,896,623 2,015,584 1,453,898 843,945 943,681 1,114,050 1,052,678 1,071,903 
			 Oxfordshire 3,062,703 2,830,607 3,071,403 858,275 923,582 1,018,463 2,204,428 1,907,025 2,052,940 
			 Pembrokeshire 718,615 769,331 1,000,973 272,194 299,551 313,137 446,421 469,780 687,836 
			 Peterborough 1,838,465 2,013,689 2,071,305 769,595 834,014 946,236 1,068,870 1,179,675 1,125,069 
			 Plymouth 1,290,567 1,332,249 1,406,106 556,383 555,774 608,968 734,184 776,475 797,138 
			 Powys 978,336 918,970 1,152,847 344,380 329,325 379,367 633,956 589,645 773,480 
			 Reading(2) 1,776,264 1,439,227 1,586,468 871,258 815,742 828,807 905,006 623,485 757,661 
			 Redbridge 2,127,060 2,084,378 2,226,718 435,485 512,079 583,189 1,691,575 1,572,299 1,643,529 
			 Rhondda Cynon Taff 2,015,198 2,399,044 2,434,570 471,463 843,873 864,271 1,543,735 1,555,171 1,570,299 
			 Richmond-upon-Thames 607,680 677,156 985,079 150,680 175,656 192,439 457,000 501,500 792,640 
			 Rochdale 1,556,568 2,109,371 2,363,578 603,568 883,371 986,352 953,000 1,226,000 1,377,226 
			 Rotherham 2,774,829 2,921,986 2,128,479 1,771,829 1,886,986 1,025,323 1,003,000 1,035,000 1,103,156 
			 Salford 1,284,647 1,440,538 1,564,546 634,332 702,803 804,544 650,315 737,735 760,002 
			 Sandwell 1,872,778 2,016,566 2,241,746 620,271 692,979 809,693 1,252,507 1,323,587 1,432,053 
			 Sefton 1,770,920 1,859,297 2,219,476 404,020 585,397 659,976 1,366,900 1,273,900 1,559,500 
			 Sheffield 2,826,712 3,008,846 3,705,487 826,712 913,846 1,610,487 2,000,000 2,095,000 2,095,000 
			 Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,737,111 1,836,798 1,960,473 607,301 665,478 768,783 1,129,810 1,171,320 1,191,690 
			 Slough 1,016,149 1,074,369 1,179,948 325,424 362,366 431,427 690,725 712,003 748,521 
			 Solihull 1,066,229 1,111,457 1,269,713 325,687 369,356 474,791 740,542 742,101 794,922 
			 Somerset 2,565,106 2,677,890 2,674,683 990,646 1,054,800 1,114,859 1,574,460 1,623,090 1,559,824 
			 South Gloucestershire(1) 827,847 897,256 937,148 288,847 334,256 391,918 539,000 563,000 545,230 
			 South Tees 3,459,515 3,241,109 3,037,495 1,993,936 2,038,267 2,120,401 1,465,579 1,202,842 917,094 
			 South Tyneside 1,793,238 1,626,431 1,678,341 529,197 412,259 484,075 1,264,041 1,214,172 1,194,266 
			 Southend-on-Sea 695,799 842,347 946,923 253,149 387,806 418,059 442,650 454,541 528,864 
			 Southwark 3,373,859 3,599,941 4,083,933 738,694 747,097 915,759 2,635,165 2,852,844 3,168,174 
			 St. Helens 1,200,059 1,313,869 1,380,941 519,878 533,816 587,439 680,181 780,053 793,502 
			 Staffordshire 4,592,052 4,594,322 4,822,642 2,209,322 2,114,992 2,317,942 2,382,730 2,479,330 2,504,700 
			 Stockport 1,406,960 1,633,803 1,735,856 318,571 576,733 657,828 1,088,389 1,057,070 1,078,028 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 1,151,909 1,259,183 1,348,972 472,163 537,837 567,118 679,746 721,346 781,854 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 2,328,801 2,445,423 2,535,059 796,107 825,337 870,677 1,532,694 1,620,086 1,664,382 
			 Suffolk 3,286,798 3,546,540 3,573,334 1,067,798 1,154,189 1,236,939 2,219,000 2,392,351 2,336,395 
			 Sunderland 3,596,790 4,067,531 4,108,128 1,651,268 1,727,424 1,677,651 1,945,522 2,340,107 2,430,477 
			 Surrey 2,743,749 2,896,715 2,983,696 1,038,927 1,073,381 1,163,820 1,704,822 1,823,334 1,819,876 
			 Sutton 787,454 925,416 807,574 200,873 227,497 261,866 586,581 697,919 545,708 
			 Swansea 1,760,759 2,064,050 2,327,065 472,459 686,476 701,448 1,288,300 1,377,574 1,625,617 
			 Swindon 892,880 969,585 1,069,756 253,432 309,551 393,243 639,448 660,034 676,513 
			 Tameside 1,346,445 1,490,302 1,635,014 742,709 836,064 930,535 603,736 654,238 704,479 
			 Thurrock 1,061,063 1,042,422 1,131,938 445,808 391,949 424,572 615,255 650,473 707,366 
			 Torbay 845,478 853,693 896,815 276,742 287,201 309,622 568,736 566,492 587,193 
			 Tower Hamlets and City of London 1,741,447 1,864,442 1,983,377 656,388 746,831 863,940 1,085,059 1,117,611 1,119,437 
			 Trafford 2,340,245 2,512,420 2,869,739 1,362,229 1,613,685 1,937,037 978,016 898,735 932,702 
			 Vale of Glamorgan 1,022,278 991,459 994,364 190,195 198,429 192,508 832,083 793,030 801,856 
			 Wakefield 1,796,211 1,981,690 2,159,545 797,973 868,093 1,016,503 998,238 1,113,597 1,143,042 
			 Walsall 1,621,932 1,722,936 2,099,155 402,721 464,327 514,349 1,219,211 1,258,609 1,584,806 
			 Waltham Forest 1,557,007 2,026,516 958,040 701,632 779,941 871,224 855,375 1,246,575 86,816 
			 Wandsworth 2,464,030 2,217,787 2,028,546 1,087,556 907,674 789,616 1,376,474 1,310,113 1,238,930 
			 Warwickshire 2,290,645 2,271,891 2,469,646 633,776 727,644 791,950 1,657,069 1,544,247 1,677,696 
			 Wessex 7,606,998 7,563,178 8,381,509 2,223,941 2,419,490 2,812,339 5,383,057 5,143,688 5,569,170 
			 West Berkshire 760,190 881,133 963,841 170,982 198,133 224,335 589,208 683,000 739,506 
			 West Sussex 2,390,344 2,368,313 1,992,035 826,068 897,291 968,706 1,564,276 1,471,022 1,023,329 
			 Westminster 1,746,831 1,825,591 2,306,351 414,981 493,741 631,051 1,331,850 1,331,850 1,675,300 
			 Wigan 1,793,352 1,946,132 2,132,530 438,555 508,675 618,055 1,354,797 1,437,457 1,514,475 
			 Wiltshire 1,505,228 1,620,205 1,691,328 623,303 712,461 784,512 881,925 907,744 906,816 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 722,164 668,857 684,847 143,787 167,292 189,892 578,377 501,565 494,955 
			 Wirral 2,267,395 2,366,442 2,643,605 799,123 873,412 934,572 1,468,272 1,493,030 1,709,033 
			 Wokingham(1) - 378,822 558,287 - 141,372 165,549 - 237,450 392,738 
			 Wolverhampton 2,433,318 2,873,856 3,028,619 605,198 731,466 871,412 1,628,120 2,142,390 2,157,207 
			 Worcestershire and Herefordshire 3,022,248 3,194,828 3,339,657 1,159,296 1,286,592 1,388,272 1,862,952 1,908,236 1,951,385 
			 Wrexham 1,193,755 1,126,659 1,511,879 457,357 257,190 260,920 736,398 869,469 1,250,959 
			 York 714,175 835,777 874,664 223,208 256,624 275,134 490,967 579,153 599,530 
			 Total 322,108,739 343,430,286 361,370,945 118,481,713 126,762,030 138,557,446 203,627,026 216,668,256 222,813,499 
			 ' Totals indicated differ from those published in the Youth Justice Annual Workload Data for 2006-07 and 2007-08, due to subsequent resubmissions by South Gloucestershire and Newham respectively. (2 )Reading and Wokingham split into Reading YOT and Wokingham YOT from April 2007.

Building Schools for the Future Programme

Gordon Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  if he will assess the merits of using independent disability experts to review and monitor current and future Building Schools for the Future new build proposals;
	(2)  what discussions he has had with national disability groups on their input to school design and access planning under the Building Schools for the Future programme;
	(3)  what involvement there has been for parents of children with disabilities or special educational needs in reviewing the criteria for school new builds under the Building Schools for the Future programme;
	(4)  what his policy is on involving  (a) parents,  (b) children and  (c) disability groups in building design criteria for schools which admit children with disabilities and special educational needs; and if he will make a statement;
	(5)  what discussions he has had with Partnerships for Schools about the effectiveness of his Department's guidance for adaptations for children with disabilities and special educational needs in implementation of the Building Schools for the Future programme;
	(6)  how many school new build design proposals under the Building Schools for the Future programme have been subject to revision because of access problems for children with disabilities and special educational needs.

Vernon Coaker: The Department for Children Schools and Families and Partnerships for Schools are committed to inclusive design and there are a number of processes in place to ensure that Building Schools for the Future new build proposals meet the needs of children with disabilities and special educational needs:
	The design of a new school has to comply with Approved Document M of the Building Regulations 'Access to and use of buildings' and this is checked through the Building Control system.
	Under the Disability Discrimination Act, all buildings have to provide suitable access for disabled people.
	Teams bidding for Building Schools for the Future projects cannot proceed through to procurement if their sample designs do not meet a Minimum Design Standard judged by a panel set up by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) which includes people with experience in special school design and accessibility.
	The Building Schools for the Future standard contract documentation includes a requirement to create an access document, which records all actions taken to ensure access and inclusion are appropriate.
	In addition, the Department and Partnerships for Schools have regular contact with a variety of disability groups over design matters. For example, a number of organisations-including the Council for Disabled Children, the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)-advised the Department on its publication Building Bulletin 102: 'Designing for Disabled Children and Children with Special Educational Needs', which is the main reference guide for designing inclusive mainstream and special schools in Building Schools for the Future.
	More recently DCSF ministers and officials have held extensive discussions with the NDCS about acoustics in Building Schools for the Future projects.
	The Department and Partnerships for Schools encourage local authorities and designers to involve all children-including those with disabilities or special educational needs-and their parents in the design briefing process. The Design Quality Indicator (DQI) for Schools, which helps staff children, and parents to establish what they want in their new building, is mandatory for all Building Schools for the Future projects over 1 million. The resulting information has to be submitted to the Minimum Design Standard panel to inform their decision on whether the design is suitable and passes the threshold. Partnerships for Schools also use the DQI information to inform Building Schools for the Future benchmarking, and in turn to improve the design brief template that forms part of the Building Schools for the Future standard documentation. For more information on the DQI for Schools process, see:
	www.dqi.org.uk
	In addition, Partnerships for Schools encourages all students involved in Building Schools for the Future to take part in the Sorrell Foundation's 'joinedupdesign' sessions where they create a Pupils' Brief to be fed into the schools design brief. For more information on joinedupdesign, see:
	www.thesorrellfoundation.com
	The Department and Partnerships for Schools have estimated that around 50 per cent. of Building Schools for the Future projects will involve remodelling or refurbishment. All design guidance issued by the Department and Partnerships for Schools has therefore been written with this in mind. Building Bulletin 102: 'Designing for Disabled Children and Children with Special Educational Needs' can be used to design new facilities and for assessing the suitability of existing accommodation.
	The Department does not routinely collect information about revisions that have been made to new build proposals. But we expect all school projects to be designed to be accessible and inclusive, following the requirements of the Building Regulations, the DDA and the Departments design guidance.

Building Schools for the Future Programme

Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  how many schools have been refurbished through the Building Schools for the Future programme; how many of them were found to have asbestos; and how many had that asbestos removed;
	(2)  how much has been spent on refurbishing schools through the Building Schools for the Future programme; how much has been spent dealing with asbestos during such refurbishments; and if he will make a statement.

Vernon Coaker: Of the 129 schools where work under Building Schools for the Future (BSF) is complete, 30 have included refurbishment. In a further 21, the work was confined to ICT renewal. Asbestos surveys may or may not have been required, depending on the age of the buildings. The total capital funding provided for these schools under BSF is 429 million, including 66 million for ICT. Information on the number of refurbished schools that contained asbestos or the amounts spent on asbestos removal is not held centrally. Overall the BSF programme is expected to comprise approximately 35 per cent. major refurbishment, 15 per cent. minor refurbishment and 50 per cent. new build in terms of floor area. Major refurbishments carried out under the Building Schools for the Future programme normally include removal of all asbestos in areas likely to be disturbed by the work. Asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) that are likely to deteriorate are identified by an asbestos survey for each refurbishment and normally removed.
	Asbestos is also removed when buildings are demolished. For minor refurbishment work, an asbestos survey is done and ACMs are either removed or managed in place, depending on their condition.

Family Intervention Projects

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent estimate he has made of the number of families who have been subject to support from family interventions projects; what funding his Department has committed to provide to family intervention projects in  (a) 2009-10 and  (b) 2010-11; and how such funding is to be allocated between local authorities.

Dawn Primarolo: Data published in November 2009 shows that 2,225 families have received support from a Family Intervention project as at 31 March 2009.
	The Government allocated 35.5 million for the projects in 2009-10 and are planning to allocate 57 million Government funding in 2010-11. In addition there is anticipated match funding of 9.5 million from Registered Social Landlords, Housing Associations and Youth Offending Teams. Funding has been allocated to local authorities using a range of criteria including levels of antisocial behaviour, youth crime, deprivation, poverty and number of children.

National Curriculum Tests: Contracts

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress has been made on the Key Stage 2 test contract for 2010; and if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of this contract.

Vernon Coaker: The Secretary of State has approved the QCDA's choice of Edexcel as the test operations contractor to deliver key stage 2 national curriculum tests in 2010. Edexcel has a strong track record in delivery of tests and exams and successfully delivered key stage 2 results to schools and pupils this year. The value of the contract for the 2010 tests is 23 million.

European Investment Bank

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department has taken to help UK businesses apply for European Investment Bank funds.

Ian Pearson: The Government are committed to helping UK businesses access European investment Bank (EIB) funding, whether direct loans for large projects and businesses or intermediated loans for small businesses and projects.
	In particular, over the last 12 months the Government have:
	Announced that UK small businesses stand to benefit from up to 4 billion of lending from the EIB between 2008 and 2011 through intermediating banks.
	Called for the EIB to double its financial support for research and development programmes in the automotive sector, by making available 8 billion over 2009 and 2010 through the European Clean Transport Facility.
	Announced that UK renewable and energy projects stand to benefit from up to 4 billion of new capital from the EIB, including a specific 700 million intermediated lending scheme for small and medium sized renewable energy projects.
	However, while the Government can play a facilitating role, businesses must apply directly to the EIB (or UK banks in the case of intermediated lending) and applications are assessed according to the EIB's (or the relevant UK banks') own internal appraisal processes.

Research: Finance

Claire Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to increase research and development expenditure; what assessment he has made of the effect of research and development tax credits on research and development expenditure in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Pearson: Specific tax relief was introduced in 2000 for spending on research and development by companies which are small or medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Relief was extended to larger companies in 2002. Between 2003-04 and 2006-07 the amount of R and D expenditure supported increased by 10 per cent. a year, from 5.7 billion in 2003-04 to 7.6 billion in 2006-07, the latest year for which data are available. Since the introduction of the schemes, there have been over 36,000 claims for R and D tax relief, with over 3 billion of support claimed by innovative companies in the UK, supporting 32 billion of R and D expenditure in total.

NHS Dentistry

Desmond Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to increase the number of patients who have access to an NHS dentist.

Ann Keen: We have invested a record 2 billion in dentistry and set up a national access programme to help the NHS deliver its goal of access for all who seek it by 2011. We therefore expect access to continue to increase.
	The latest data shows that access has grown for the fourth quarter running, with 721,000 more patients accessing NHS services in the 24 months ending June 2009 than compared to the 24 months ending June 2008. The next quarterly statistics will be published on 26 November.

Dementia: Research

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health Research (Department of Health) spent on dementia research in 2008-09.

Gillian Merron: Combined Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) expenditure on dementia research in 2008-09 amounted to some 29.9 million. The NIHR component includes the cost of the dementia and neurodegenerative diseases research network.